But aren't the class interests of say the professionals/managers quite distinct from the wage earners beneath them? They don't direct nor own the means of production, and they are not only purely valued by their labor power like the proletariat. It's a different social relation and that engenders particular social values that can be at odds with the working class. It's why solidarity cannot be achieved with them. I don't see how the professional/managerial class suffers from false consciousness.

What's interesting to me is if you say these distinctions don't matter, and its reduced to simply worker vs. capitalist, then why is class consciousness difficult for the majority of workers? Why is there a lack of solidarity that stretches beyond so many different occupations?